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MATTER OF BERENHAUS v. WARD

70 N.Y.2d 436 (1987)

In the Matter of Steven M. Berenhaus, Respondent, v. Benjamin Ward, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Appellants. In the Matter of Richard Farry, Respondent, v. Benjamin Ward, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Susan B. Elsen and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for appellants in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Raymond E. Kerno for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Paul Marks and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for appellants in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Carol Mellor and Joseph Fallek for respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

Chief Judge WACHTLER.

Petitioners in these article 78 proceedings, both members of the New York City Police Department, were dismissed from the force following separate departmental disciplinary hearings. In each case, the findings of misconduct rested on the testimony of Thomas Peteroy, a fellow police officer who, all involved agree, was a "rogue cop" with a sordid history of thievery and extortion, and who...

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